peer assessment

I liked that we were split into small groups for the peer assessment. I think it would have been overwhelming having to review the papers of everyone in the class. I think having small groups was one of the things about this peer assessment that worked the best. I thought the questions for the peer review were too broad, it was difficult to give specific answers or suggestions. It was helpful to get a general opinion on my essay overall, to know whether I was on the right track or not, but I think more specific questions would have been helpful. The questions in the peer review seemed like they were just making sure we were on the right track with our papers— whether we were including references to our own experiences with literacy/education, having our analysis come across clearly to an uninformed reader, etc. I did not receive (or give) really specific feedback because of the way the questions were structured. Even though in my small group there were not many specific suggestions given, I thought it was helpful to read other papers and see how my classmates interpreted the articles we’ve read for this class.

I do think that using a synchronous chat tool would be helpful, but it’s not very likely that it would work out for all group members to be available at the same time. I think if there was more time for the discussion, it would be possible for group members to respond to what the others thought about their paper, and ask questions about the suggestions they were (or were not) given.

The other two members of my group both made the helpful suggestion that I add more citation to my analysis paragraphs. When revising my paper, I will use their suggestion and try to find places in my analysis paragraphs to fit in more quotes from the articles. While my group members’ feedback was not very specific besides that suggestion, it was helpful for me to read what they thought about my paper overall.